Cuba gay marriage

Cuba approves same-sex marriage in unusual referendum

The new bill, which will substitute the family code that dates from , was approved by %.

Cubans have approved a new sweeping family code that will allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as skillfully as redefine rights for children and grandparents, officials said Monday, September Contradiction to the national referendum was unusually strong on the Communist Party-governed island.

The measure – which contains more than articles – was approved by % to %, the president of the National Electoral Council, Alina Balseiro Gutiérrez, told official news media, though returns from a several places remained to be counted.

The reforms had met unusually strong open resistance from the growing evangelical movement in Cuba – and many other Cubans – despite an extensive government campaign in favor of the measure, including thousands of informative meetings across the country and extensive media coverage backing it.

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Cuba will revise its constitution in – and one of the biggest topics under debate is Article 68, which proposes legalising same-sex marriage. By legalising same-sex marriage, and not just civil partnerships, Cuba would follow a broader trend in Latin America – and this is to be celebrated. But is the Caribbean nation’s promotion of this modify really evidence of a genuine progressive socialist revolution, or another case of international pinkwashing?

The term “pinkwashing” was coined by scholar Jasbir Puar to point to to the promotion of LGBT rights in instruct to present a nation as modern and exemplary. It is often foregrounded as a triumph of democracy, in order to mask other human rights oppressions. Puar’s original reference was to Israel, which promotes itself as gay-friendly, partly to attract high-income gay tourism from Europe, and partly, Puar claims, as a weapon to bat away accusations of deep injustices and cruelty against Palestinians.

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Cuba votes on same-sex marriage, adoption

Cubans voted in a landmark referendum on Sunday on legalizing same-sex marriage and adoption, allowing surrogate pregnancies and giving greater rights to non-biological parents.

According to electoral officials, almost 6 million Cubans (around 69% of eligible voters) voted in the referendum. Voting hours were also extened at some polling stations amid heavy rains from Tropical Storm Ian.

The final week of campaigning saw the government flood TV, radio and social media with pro-equality messages, along with glitzy billboards, public rallies and tweets from President Miguel Diaz-Canel urging Cubans to vote yes "in favor of democracy." However, the proposal has been criticized by Catholic and evangelical church leaders.

"Most of our people will vote in favor of the code, but it still has issues that our society as a whole does not understand," the president added on Sunday.

Years in the making

The official attitude toward homosexuality has changed significantly over the past 20 years after decades of persecution.

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Cuba overwhelmingly approves same-sex marriage in referendum

Cubans have overwhelmingly approved a sweeping “family law” that would permit same-sex couples to unite and adopt, the electoral commission said, in a move that will also redefine rights for children and grandparents.

More than million voters – percent – voted to ratify the new code while million or 33 percent were opposed, National Electoral Council President Alina Balseiro Gutierrez said on state-run television on Monday.

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The page “family code” legalises same-sex marriage and civil unions, allows same-sex couples to adopt children, and promotes identical sharing of domestic rights and responsibilities between men and women.

Preliminary results from the electoral commission showed 74 percent of million Cubans eligible to vote participated in the Sunday r